Cadillac 2017 CT6 - Driving and; Driving and Operating

Cadillac CT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-9418855) - 2016 -
crc - 12/15/15
Driving and Operating 183
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 187
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 188
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 190
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 193
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 200
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 205
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 206
Automatic Vehicle
Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 213
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 221
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 221
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Front Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Night Vision System . . . . . . . . . . 234
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 236
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 238
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244